Floor Covering News

AUGUST 25, 2020

While the LVT category and its SPC/rigid core subsegments continue to dominate the flooring market at the expense of other products, flooring retailers would be remiss to abandon carpet, laminate and sheet vinyl as viable revenue opportunities. There is no better flooring for warmth and comfort. Minimize your showroom.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 6, 2021

While the flooring industry has been a “man’s world” for decades, women are rising in the ranks and accomplishing incredible things that have helped move the industry forward. Cheryl Acierno has been engaged in the floor covering industry for her entire career, owning Acierno & Company for the past 21 years. Cheryl Acierno.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 22, 2021

“Sustainability is a major focus for our commercial customers,” said Whitney Welch, vice president of commercial sales, Dal-Tile Corporation. “To As the largest manufacturer and marketer of tile in North America, we have the resources and influence to lead by example with eco-friendly choices.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 1, 2023

FCICA, the Flooring Contractors Association, recently welcomed scores of professional contractors, suppliers, distributors and industry consultants here for its annual convention and commercial flooring trade show. Here he spoke about his professional flooring experience and advocacy for the CIM Program. T u cso n , A riz.—FCICA,

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 29, 2022

Coverings, the premier international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America , released the winners of the annual Rock Star Award in advance of Coverings 2022, which will take place April 5-8 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Natiely Canedo, Florida sales manager, StoneHardscapes, Ft. Arlington, Va.— Manufacturer.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 9, 2022

—Cancos Tile Corporation (Cancos), a leading regional distributor and retailer of luxury ceramic tile and natural stone, partnered with Mill Point Capital LLC (Mill Point Capital), a middle-market private equity firm focused on control oriented investments in the business services, industrials and IT services sectors in North America.

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 13, 2022

D espite all the challenges facing the commercial contract market today—the residual effects of the pandemic, sky-high inflation, ongoing supply chain challenges and the war in Ukraine—key end-use sectors for commercial flooring are showing signs of recovery, stimulating hope that market conditions will improve in the second half of 2022.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Las Vegas—For the second year in a row Mohawk was a multiple winner in the 2024 Best of Surfaces competition, a contest cosponsored by Floor Covering News and Informa Exhibitions, which owns and operates The International Surface Event (TISE). The 100% natural hardwood floors, made in the U.S.,

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 5, 2020

The growing coronavirus outbreak has already affected the global flooring supply chain and disrupted manufacturing operations. Flooring executives told FCNews that the most vulnerable companies are those that rely heavily or solely on factories in China for parts and materials.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 12, 2023

These included demos from ARDEX Americas, H.B. FCICA, the Flooring Contractors Association, recently welcomed scores of professional contractors, suppliers, distributors and industry consultants here for its annual convention and commercial flooring trade show. Tucson, Ariz.—FCICA, Last year, we celebrated our 40th anniversary.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

and Texas The workshops, spanning three hours in the afternoon or evening, are open to tile installers, contractors, sales personnel and members of the architecture and design community. The NTCA Reference Manual serves as a guiding resource throughout the training. Workshops will be held in: Calif.,

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

MAY 31, 2016

(ALEXANDRIA, VA — MAY 20, 2016) The growth and energy at the 2016 Coverings show strengthened the show’s position as the leading international tile and stone exhibition in North America. There was an onsite energy that emanated from the show floor, and it is encouraging to have that excitement verified with these recap figures.”.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 17, 2023

The retail landscape is constantly changing and evolving, and, as the global leader in flooring, Mohawk is paving a new winning path by offering expanded campaigns and the latest in merchandising for three of the most recognized brands in the industry, Mohawk, Pergo and Karastan.”.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 29, 2022

By Megan Salzano-Birch—Across all flooring categories suppliers are ramping up their domestic production to meet the needs of their customer base and consumers across the country. We manufacture in eight plants throughout America, and manufacture around 70% of our total volume in the U.S. floor tile); Dickson, Tenn.,

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 18, 2024

In flooring, it can be as explosive as developing completely new product formulations that offer consumers features/benefits not previously available—we’re looking at you, WPC. This year’s Floor Covering News “Industry Disrupters” 2024 issue features all manner of players that are—or are poised to—shake things up. Changing the rules.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

T he slowing economy has left many in the flooring industry scratching their heads as to what the future holds. senior vice president of sales, Dal-Tile. The good news is that many of the products that our brands sell are produced in North America. Scott Maslowski. What is your projection for category growth in 2023?

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Floor Covering News

MAY 19, 2021

By Megan Salzano While 2020 was anything but ordinary, there was one thing the flooring industry could count on: the continued popularity of the resilient category. It will come as no surprise that resilient—led mostly by the rigid core/SPC sub-segments —once again registered gains while many other flooring categories in 2020 did not.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Atlanta—Coverings, the preeminent event for the ceramic tile and natural stone industry in North America, has revealed a select lineup of featured educational opportunities for Coverings 2024 , which will take place April 22-25, 2024, here at the Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC). Register here.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 26, 2022

Las Vegas—Coverings, the largest international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, has announced a comprehensive roster of both popular and new programs for Coverings 2022 —which will take place April 5-8, 2022, at the Las Vegas Convention Center here. Three educational stages. The tours will begin each day at 11 a.m.,

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

These awards honor groundbreaking ideas and industry-changing concepts that have the potential to impact the way flooring is manufactured, promoted and sold. As the click system ensures perfect alignment of the tiles, installation of a FlinTile floor does not require any specific tools or the use of spacers.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Trendy products like LVT, SPC and WPC are seizing market share from competing hard surface categories in retail outlets across the country, but that’s not the case for specialty dealers like Fred’s Flooring Services in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Here, it’s actually laminate flooring that reigns supreme. You don’t get that with laminates.”.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 23, 2020

Flooring dealers are being forced to cope with unprecedented disruptions caused by the virus. Like most of America, flooring retailers are faced with a challenge unlike anything they have ever dealt with before. Kevin Frazier, Frazier’s Carpet One Floor & Home, Knoxville, Tenn. By Ken Ryan.

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Floor covering retailers report the most popular financing options range from 24- to 36-months. One of the perks of offering in-store credit options is that it allows customers to afford a much larger purchase—especially when they discover the floor remodel of their dreams was estimated to cost more than they anticipated.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 21, 2021

By Megan Salzano There’s no question—when it comes to the flooring industry, it’s a waterproof world. Consumers today want to know they can lay down a floor in any room of the house and not worry about spills, wet messes or even leaks and floods. Water spills on the floor will just sit there until mopped up,” Wicander said.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Rea returned to Coldspring in the role of a drafter and by 2003 was promoted to senior vice president of commercial sales. He committed his team’s resources to strategically drive the Natural Stone Council through the development of the ANSI 373 Natural Stone Sustainability Standard, ultimately completed in 2013. “His

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 9, 2023

When I was 5, he opened a small floor covering store in Manchester. So my first exposure to flooring began at a young age. It was out of that group that Bill DiPaolo, who was the executive vice president of the National Home Furnishings Association, said, “There’s no major national association [for flooring].”

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

London—Cyncly, a global market leader for end-to-end software and content solutions to the spaces for living industry, has completed the acquisition of another web-based service provider in the flooring industry Mobile Marketing, a leading technology-led web services and digital marketing provider tailored to flooring retailers in North America.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2020

Builders are increasingly embracing new, high-performance vinyl flooring materials in response to the growing popularity of hard surfaces. Starts had a slow first half but have picked up in the second half of the year,” said John Szilagyi, manager market intelligence, Tarkett North America. New home sales dropped in three of four U.S.

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The Pulse: Ardex Americas

JUNE 1, 2016

Extra responsibility soon followed with an expanded role to include leading customer service and following the completion of key new segment launches for floor covering adhesives and resin flooring, a place on the ARDEX UK Management Team. June 4, 2016 marks Elaine Monterde’s 15 year anniversary with ARDEX Americas.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 12, 2021

While flooring is still largely ruled by well-established legends and pioneers, there’s a new generation in town. Millennials are making a name for themselves in the flooring game, taking the lead on everything from marketing to retail ownership to product design. CEO/president, Nonn’s Kitchen Bath & Flooring. Jason O’Krent.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JULY 29, 2014

Daltile donated a 12×12 floor tile and LATICRETE donated thinset mortar and grout. The donors included members of longtime TPFH supporters Tile Council of North America, Ceramic Tile Distributors Association and National Tile Contractors Association. These families in Escondido have beautiful floors – thank you so much!”.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

T he annual Floor Covering News Fantasy Football for a Cause League closed this year with 12 teams: America’s Floor Source, All Surfaces, Consolidated Flooring, Dillabaugh’s Flooring America, FCNews , Healthier Choice, Great Northern Associates, Mannington, Salesmaster, Republic Floor, Spartan Surfaces and Tarkett.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Solon, Ohio—Tarkett, a leader in innovative flooring and sports surface solutions, is repositioning its residential business through new branding and added resources to better align to the needs of its residential customer base. The post Tarkett Residential is now Tarkett Home appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 4, 2020

Mobile U offers hundreds of eLearning courses, certification courses, informative videos and resource guides. We know that our sales professionals don’t always have access to a computer when they have time to focus on training,” said Nicole Harding, VP of CCA’s University. Manchester, N.H.—The

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Floor Covering News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

NFA board members from left: Jason McSwain, McSwain Carpets & Floors; Jason Waggoner, ICC floors; Ian Newton, Flooring 101; Dave Chambers, Nebraska Furniture Mart; and Deb DeGraaf, DeGraaf Interiors. based Flooring 101, told FCNews. Sam Kinnaird’s sold controlling interest in its retail business to Premier Flooring.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 5, 2022

flooring producers—both domestic and global—announced myriad plans to bring floor manufacturing stateside or expand existing operations. Much of that new domestic production is coming in the form of the waterproof flooring segment—namely SPC, WPC and sheet vinyl. Domestic producers grow capacity.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Las Vegas—Six manufacturers were voted best of class in the 2020 Best of Surfaces competition, a contest sponsored by Floor Covering News and Informa Exhibitions, which owns and operates The International Surface Event (TISE). The winners, announced on the show floor, are as follows: Innovation category: Raskin Industries. I NNOVATION.

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